Playing the Real Estate “Long Game” with 10 “Boring” Rental Properties

Real Estate Rookie

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

If you bought and held 10 rental properties—each being paid down by tenants—imagine where you would be 10, 20, or 30 years from now. Financially free? Retired? Today’s guest isn’t worried about cash flow or making a quick buck. He’s using a proven, repeatable formula to build wealth with real estate, and in this episode, he’ll show YOU how to mirror his success! Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Zach Stanley went from selling printers to buying a pair of rentals without really knowing what he was getting into. Now, at just 28 years old, Zach already has 10 properties to his name and over $1 million in total equity. The cherry on top? He brings in $3,500 in monthly cash flow, even though he’s playing “the long game” with his investments. This allows him to reinvest his profits, save for down payments, and scale his real estate portfolio faster! In today’s episode, Zach will show you how to find great real estate deals with “conservative” analysis and share the number one mistake new investors make when looking for properties. You’ll also learn why appreciation beats cash flow, especially if you want to scale quickly and build long-term wealth! In This Episode We Cover: How Zach scaled to 10 rental properties and over $1 million in equity Reinvesting your cash flow to build your real estate portfolio faster The massive advantage you gain by teaming up with an investor-friendly agent The rookie’s biggest “blind spot” when analyzing real estate deals Why a sales job can help prime you for real estate investing success And So Much More! Links from the Show Ashley's BiggerPockets Profile Tony's BiggerPockets Profile Join BiggerPockets for FREE Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group Real Estate Rookie YouTube Follow Real Estate Rookie on Instagram Ask Your Question for a Future Rookie Reply “Like” Real Estate Rookie on Facebook Follow Real Estate Rookie on Instagram Automate your real estate finances with banking and AI-powered bookkeeping. Claim your $100 bonus! Grab the Book, “Pillars of Wealth” Sign Up for the Real Estate Rookie Newsletter Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Real Estate Rookie 537 - BUILD, Don’t Buy: The Rookie-Friendly Investing Strategy with 6-Figure Upside Connect with Zach BiggerPockets Agent Finder BiggerPockets Calculators Zach’s Instagram Check out more resources from this show on BiggerPockets.com and https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rookie-549 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The real estate market can feel like a maze, with investors constantly searching for that perfect
0:05.7	property to start building wealth.
0:07.9	Today, we're diving into the art of smart investing, understanding what makes a good deal
0:13.0	for you and your portfolio.
0:15.3	And our guest today is living proof that mastering deal analysis can literally transform
0:19.7	your ability to scale.
0:21.1	Zach Stanley went from coal-calling businesses to becoming a savvy real estate investor with a 10
0:25.4	property portfolio. Now, through meticulous deal analysis and a forward-thinking approach
0:30.7	that any Rick investor could adapt, Zach is going to share a thing or two about strategic
0:34.8	wealth building.
0:40.5	This is the Real Estate Rookie Podcast, and I'm Ashley Care.
0:44.3	And I'm Tony J. Robinson.
0:45.8	Zach, thank you so much, brother.
0:47.1	We're super sad to have you.
0:48.3	Welcome to the Real Estate Rookie Podcast.
0:50.0	Thank you guys for having me.
0:50.9	I really appreciate it.
0:51.9	I grew up on Bigger Pockets.
0:53.4	So being here is kind of a full circle moment. It was cool to get the call to come on here. And, man, I'm just couldn't be a bigger fan of Bigger Pockets.
1:01.9	Well, we're so excited to have you today, Zach. Can you walk us through your transition from printer sales to real estate? What initially sparked your interest? I'll get to the spark
1:12.8	part in a second, but before I was in printer sales, my first job out of college was in mold remediation.
1:18.5	So I'm six, four, 240 pounds, and I was crawling under houses, remediating mold. And man, that's not
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